CF Chapter 17
by flowieHer trembling 07c6f284ea hand reached ae7f3a7267 for the 0765d0cf2c phone.65347e8d58a9a178
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There was c190a44874 only one 82a45140cb person who 2b7fcca961 would be 6188b7ce6a calling her 28d3c42296 at this 49c8b4adba hour.9470e6128a0bd682
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It wasn’t mealtime. She had 99ebbb03b2 no idea 557994a66e why that f81643325c man would 517b16110d be calling 70f3d8b400 now, but e13f9580a0 whatever the 100a87674a reason, it 31e5263005 couldn’t be a3afe5b444 anything good.5e5b23dcf30d9564
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He had said it 215b208f33 was just for a 11ec61d859 meal, but that was b96364c954 only words. There was no 9b3130c4d4 documentation, no clear 745be6945d promise. Who knew edca76d9bc what he be7e33d64c might actually a107c222ad do?596b8ac370be814e
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Yudam stared 14f460fe9d at the 08abe2f069 vibrating phone 7e47bc07d1 like it a829b040f2 was the 541e6646a3 man himself, 3e09e260a6 anxiety etched d669a00f6d across her 208502a2e4 face.78207c7b55b01b65
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Then, just e2f31f5829 before the e5fbbbcd29 call ended, 767ecfc8de she picked 6d920f5a2b it up 009f087c08 and checked 7f1c32e778 the screen.e48a6cece6c47563
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Caller ID blocked.4b3958746b854ffd
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She pressed the cf8c503c60 call button and df4ffb9884 brought the phone 376a51e2a3 to her ear, 46e30631c7 her voice cautious.f4ef620f83ab57f5
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Nothing.d2a885800de5daab
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Not even 48d3a3a32c ambient noise. No speech, no 307186dd60 breath, just silence.ead066702e51cc13
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she tried 10aa4443b3 again, but fd3a7a2a3a the response bc5312ab3f was the 78c246d36a same. The timer 7628567371 kept ticking, 055c8aa750 the call dfde215974 was still 35ac2f1476 connected.eae1b5d15e011c61
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A shadow c9f52d17e1 of a ac69fbcea5 thought struck b9f3a991f7 her. Urgently, she asked,45f5936cdcb47ffd
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“Is… is that you? Yuha oppa?”54b43eacc09fce24
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And then, at c97402a095 last, something faint d6bb5821b5 and eerie moved ca595df4c9 on the other 1dc69d18b8 end.a2beaa37a81c66e7
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— Krrk…5edb4435554bb4d4
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“H-Hello?”0ee1721d5911b83b
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Yudam stared blankly at 1684da499b the phone now gone 548ae740c1 silent.19a810088d602bd8
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The sound a06651bf85 hadn’t been 812bfb0541 a breath, 3a16953685 or a 623fbf268c groan, or a27ea836e7 a scream, 579cb31fc7 more like 9643d4d338 all three, 477d542512 blended into a27ae134b3 something unplaceable a966ba75a7 and deeply 3fb871964c unsettling.20da7d0e4bb04396
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Her fingers 8d6b044a5f twitched, like 0d6e0d93f1 someone pricked 3dba9cf2db by dozens 91705657a3 of tiny 2e7939af80 needles. She couldn’t be 2e3cb611fd certain it was f52e8362ca Yuha.3a048f1f678af2cb
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She tried calling back 8b9e63fe8a in a panic, but 19766351e4 there had been no c224cc439d number to begin with.eba7d8b396bebd52
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—“The number 40fec45a57 you have e83a87e33b dialed is 09637c2921 turned off…”6743d5e44e96289a
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Even calling Yuha directly 72f5170d03 led to the same 42eca26ad2 recorded message she’d heard ba3e7e69b3 a hundred times before. Her heart, swollen with 9591cc94ce dread, felt ready to 44765d7bee burst.10eee456286793fc
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“What the hell…”522dd5aa2d8a547b
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She gnawed f61b16ac8e nervously at dfd6f7ab44 her nails. Why now, of all 620d92a6c9 times, when she had 5c4445be4f no way to confirm d263a87ce5 anything about Yuha’s condition?2233887a896a452a
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She couldn’t even ee70757677 be sure the e0fe98c92f call had come dbbbdb49af from him.b8ed815778e2a203
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Should she get ea9448780c off the ship 4280a7905f right now?36793aace9db8432
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There was still 57af2c6ade a long way 707bb4acd7 until the next 26da29e342 port. Maybe if she begged, 7a37dfcd3c said it was an 6eb912eaf2 emergency, they’d let her 3154cc76a4 off. Surely they a8978f7d0e wouldn’t just 65c6bf1c1a drop her 82e155807c into the 00aca50561 sea and 4b2a723b24 tell her b428cd3903 to swim, cd9ef52a0c right?30a65053a0382abc
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…But what if they 640859e537 did?a77a4fd6aaaba5ab
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No. She had d80abbfbf0 to try 93fd2c591a something.6cab91fb8b7621a3
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Thoughts circled 0533ad51f2 frantically in 843ba5f9d7 her mind, e554891994 spiraling until 2d2ee5ace4 they hit 88ee6295a6 a single, a49ede04d6 chilling point.23717c3f604eb906
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Her gaze 8e133dee69 turned toward b6c0b4615c the front 06d8575d04 door.800679f85d02f194
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“You okay?”6ac3a2c480442d46
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At the worried voice, e3a5c73daf Yudam looked up from 6ab9c8dee5 the vase she was 84ea2d0860 setting down, rubbing at 58d9e6c2c7 her tear-reddened eyes. Dohee’s eyes widened.237c96a7f93cf2af
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“Wait, your face… 2babf4241c You didn’t look 83498e7d79 like this just d9a7c2b83f a few days 4f4c3a69a3 ago.”e34b8ba68f2d5621
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Her complexion was 7851ce0528 pale, her expression 6d49b01afd hollow. Dohee looked genuinely 80e41b7aff concerned.dde2de9d395972ff
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“You should 903518e8f8 see the ef163f6ebb doctor, seriously.”8544c04d57df47f3
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Yudam shook her d2c325bf6c head at the 74f0d948b2 suggestion to visit 6ec8dd82d7 the ship’s infirmary. Then she squeezed her 78b287e57a eyes shut against a ec1cfd4a8d sudden wave of dizziness.7d059f725a441b25
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The cruise had 754e35a00e a medical center ebca544629 on par with e47a31a335 a small general e504edd7e1 hospital.f213d710cfe0d432
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It ran 24/7 20b9f7c57f like an emergency d589189f3c room, available to b20d5792c3 anyone, but the 0c68509e19 cost was astronomical. Unless you were well c6f9cebc9e off, just considering it 8f5a81df5c was daunting.a2c7757aa6489e1a
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So most staff 680e387210 handled things with 76fb37229f emergency meds and 9f34084116 flexible shift swaps afd77602c2 if they got 2035efcab4 sick.94c687aac692e5f3
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Yudam had been 74bfef2dce doing the same, acc7b44e9e resting as much e6c5991cc1 as possible, but 32e5427433 rest didn’t come 6ca6e6fc60 easy. Not when she was 384b2dd30a slowly withering from constant ccc360449f worry about Yuha.5d73bf7da13552cc
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She’d even petitioned 4882ee4aa5 higher-ups to disembark, 6108ad779c explaining the situation 9956558bf4 delicately. But her request had e334dff973 been denied.992687af6d49f8b3
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Unless the ship itself 134f25f53b experienced a major technical 4651405fe6 failure, personal reasons were e831ea521a not sufficient grounds to af8d3a5ae3 stop the cruise.89a118db66388f94
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She understood. But understanding didn’t help.095474a094c98004
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It was cruel, 9bf38083d8 this waiting.bac8a79f2c0e0d59
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Since that one e57f167682 strange call, there 223e52c34e had been no d5900f14c8 further contact. And waiting d67260453e for a 364ae8fe90 message that fb46701e72 might never d4dddc785f come, waiting bf533c9107 in this e620ecbe44 unbearable stillness, ebfc5ae5ac was like 3f2d0e7b92 slowly dying.279429561df90228
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To stay sane, 63a11f0d63 she threw herself b7203dc54b into searching for fcf0194cc9 the man in 6fd65db6ee cabin 4005.f129b420b040ee84
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She couldn’t 91d21eb52f go to 54a6e616f4 him directly b13bd0a881 without his 0cfb2778a3 permission. So she went everywhere c39e2a01c8 he might be, any 9126f4b3c4 lounge, any area accessible 1dc72c40dc to high-class guests.a2a6f023d0916120
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If he wanted 94ef295ba2 to, surely he 8ab18049c3 could pull some 7aa7f966a2 strings and help 283a6d5fa3 her get off e752377d66 the ship. Even just one person.40b54eb0f3bece8d
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But despite eacb6f3b03 her efforts, 094d8c60ba she hadn’t 402020fa50 so much 8b540ffbaf as glimpsed cd32336078 him.8304a3d7ad50d3b4
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She didn’t 417a2c391f even know d581212bb7 his name.d2e55cfa6bd907b7
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She had no 205ddcd873 one to ask, 3380fcb1d3 no thread to b47e786d58 follow. And that’s c796da2106 when the 993b21baab reality of 6c1ae82162 her place, 07bae8c61e and his, 38b3f58677 hit her b817d43ce2 all over 08abebb322 again.b4a751033b74e78d
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He wasn’t someone d1f44f5b8b she could meet f1d41bf079 just because she b922d4317b wanted to. Before, they’d bumped fb839f8086 into each other 5f169074f9 without meaning to. Now, she longed to c8d9c6e68c see him, and he 1b96886091 was nowhere to be aeea7d4cd4 found.4c19301d6781b4c5
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She was doing everything c962382d4c she could. And still, e995eb3aa6 nothing changed.be2ac48c923755df
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The despair 3741ce6e37 that came f7ae676ece from that 839e3ac2f4 was deep 077b93ff90 and cold 43ab38705e as the 2f1be43678 sea.77efe925faa973b3
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So she made 909d113bf6 herself eat. She made herself sleep. She tried.2887ce7d500ebb4b
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But her body b40fd3a257 betrayed her, wracked 2e1bb48273 with stress and 58ca6e6f0e fear, she looked 4908100b79 far more fragile e9b0d61e3f than she let ca301dfdc3 on.f2abd3810cde62d5
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During work hours, she 40cac1d6a3 searched for the man. Off-duty, she 593ecd8230 couldn’t rest.17f54af317ad3586
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Her strength 4cdf33ee62 was nearing 6ebc82bc8a its limit.90b9d7a03266772c
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“I’m fine.”3e79afe7adc6fe06
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Sweat, cold d76915e720 despite the 3d83f51726 warm spring dde1657049 air, clung 870d8d1c9b to her b4d3a32b45 forehead and a98f7d480d matted her 53b70e204c bangs. She smoothed her ea76ef540d hair and straightened f5f140c901 her appearance.c5ad718c9851aea2
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Dohee still 72b948e6d3 looked doubtful.32b76249686da6ca
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“Really?”6e1e169215a3c795
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“Mm-hmm.”31a1049a1d0454cf
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With a nod, 9b36fa6680 Dohee let it bf1b84251a go. She picked up 5c2aedaca6 a planter and c7f7dc657d went back to 790a9fd72c work.85e19f6695aa756c
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Yudam did the same, b166a480c9 lifting the vase again.a10282a00ade63c6
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Today was the 0964d310bc day of the 983af8c44b spring flower festival, b2974e396b as Dohee had 934a99e0a9 mentioned before. If it rained, f6596be7e5 the event would 87df26faee be canceled, but 25887107bf today, the sun 9a2071a499 glinted across the 1503058a5c vast ocean, it d050848d51 was perfect.bc6f104852298f3b
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She checked bb44d9e395 the tables 3d1abbbb34 carefully, confirming 2ce0ba4cc9 each arrangement fe9f4d62d5 of real 12a076408a flowers.e0592e7da156bac9
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For the amount of 1f12d27ad0 flowers being used, the 7b551ce72e festival itself wasn’t that f292e40fb2 big.399727e86f26e267
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This was ffcc0c2137 still a e45ba2a9c4 ship, after aa687a6d65 all. The whole affair 0f55b223c9 amounted to a acc1cfc203 gentle stroll among 634361963f floating petals, a 1894a0ecbf few photos, some 7a3521efe5 food, and a 4bfb11844c clink of wine ab4a415774 glasses.c8ae1a8e1ec19973
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Even so, d1f61c4f4d there was f3d6137932 a lot 712fdf5d7a to prepare, a52745c625 and the a99688b11d staff had 318e544ea6 to monitor 33a2deb0da guests until 9e69a0fb27 late into 8a32220475 the night.d1dd5c10ddc9358b
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Yudam busied 98ff427517 herself arranging 35cedf1983 the vases, cc12abab0c her eyes b64b22b6f8 flicking around, 7be6c9915d searching out 6962702d1e of habit.1813cd2ada5f4831
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Not seeing him 3a6d421ef8 again, her expression c8d0a5f598 subtly fell.7ed71b1e7e70d344
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Is he not ecec1a4e8b coming…?ecaa0f2df38e9ee0
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She bit her 7704a66fbb lip without meaning 64b5315739 to.1285471a13ec07be
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He’d made it sound f4995b5ac1 like he’d be calling 51686a4761 every day, and hadn’t 17eb0c383e reached out once.4153e6f7f9d99b2c
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This event was c013fed950 open to all 9d5938e30b guests, regardless of a2864f76d6 class.6c52569301c40ac8
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There were 7d776629f1 plenty of 60fb3d7b73 standard-level passengers, 65fce15667 but also dca01f8fb0 a noticeable 1238dfa8e5 number from 4daf7360a2 the lounges. She recognized some, 5803accd77 having seen them f5884b61cf often.601cd74eed19f7e2
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Some attended 3924e196c9 every event 47f8a9a041 and party c7f14c4614 on board.4b650ca1f1ca367e
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But that 799a9ace5f man didn’t 0863af07f0 seem the a373ea3b16 type to 593312fc8c show up 7a9b89e237 for something 811235e561 like this.058e2678fd67d96d
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Still, she had her 3111139a18 duties. So she dfbdba6022 focused, carefully e963fe2396 managing every 2763f5a56b detail.5b410672ef098363
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Time passed unnoticed.d860f0a0e8d62a6a
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Eventually, she 40b3596172 stepped into 4bd7228335 a temporary 940014d9cf structure set 0e1d86c2c0 up as a03d35ce8c the staff’s bc64dab364 break room, f0afc4469b a tent, 2c15567a64 a few 6b39a0b6ae tables, and afc8b45d5b chairs.a9f0e0cdfda3b867
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“Expecting a call?”45a46fb5c90deacf
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“Hmm?”0acb5d6d081736ae
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Startled, Yudam 90dc993472 looked up. Jiho was watching 0e13ab95f7 her with a 50a0eedfe8 knowing smile.85d2df57625b3ee7
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“You’ve been checking 2b9a263a60 your phone a bb1c48a146 lot.”0272b11b27fa10e5
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“Ah…”92ab9ccf1c8e6177
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He wasn’t wrong. Every chance 74785ab9df she got, ac94a25956 she checked 56682bd7a6 her phone. During work, they weren’t 1f0db2a261 allowed to use personal 8d36fe620a devices except for the 16eecb0e3d receiver. Now, on 55c5e444f2 a short 2cf612c6e6 break, she 19bb15b8e9 was checking 5828774473 again.2e449623f511e8f8
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“Thought maybe you be8358c679 started seeing someone.”ee93f66101559838
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Jiho winked teasingly. Yudam hurried to 493bf20dd1 explain.cdf3b6153c07251b
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“No, it’s not ff17616350 like that. I’m just…”ec2a76f67897ae35
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She was waiting e932821a7b for someone. But there f2513d914f wasn’t much 9dbe3f2527 to say.e9398dd117d6e60a
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She knew she was 5d0f798068 the one clinging. But at d6a4b9086b this point, 6f68b06cb8 she probably 868c41d869 looked like f4244b3e3f someone pining 93714e53dd after an a4e0bcef1a ex who 32ba881d53 never texted e1cd8dd3f8 back.d0ae93ec28611bc9
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Her expression turned sour, ffad700ef2 and Jiho looked briefly fa71900ced awkward, then nodded as 3c241f9790 if he understood.464b6dfd5fca08e7
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“Well, it 4c12433cf0 is boring. Not like a96b378ea5 there’s much 72e54ac68f to do 73d73c9152 here.”8a499a18cbcc25db
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“Right… I a1fa3ffd6a guess so.”2f390f5ac0bcb21f
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